Hacker News new | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit login

Interesting mention of Mexico military sending a satellite. Historically Mexico has been a peaceful country, it even signed the Tlalelolco treaty to not develop Nuclear weapons. Probably in the war against drug cartels?



Many peaceful countries have military satellites that do earth observation by optical and radar. It's not an offensive technology.

I'm pretty sure Mexico isn't out there developing ballistic missiles and then selling them to other countries in violation of a treaty Mexico signed. That's the actual problem with this particular launch.


> Mexico military sending a satellite

Literally could be anything. Militaries around the world run navigation (i.e. GPS) and weather satellites.


It looks like it is built from a standard kit.

Not to say it isn't military, but could be even just a military experiment or something.




Join us for AI Startup School this June 16-17 in San Francisco!

Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: